{"id":45916,"date":"2020-02-01T22:29:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T03:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=45916"},"modified":"2020-02-01T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T03:30:00","slug":"the-pentagon-is-preparing-to-house-1000s-people-at-military-sites-who-may-need-to-be-quarantined-due-to-the-coronavirus-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2020\/02\/the-pentagon-is-preparing-to-house-1000s-people-at-military-sites-who-may-need-to-be-quarantined-due-to-the-coronavirus-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pentagon is preparing to house 1,000\u2019s people at military sites who may need to be quarantined due to the coronavirus outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Pentagon is preparing military installations to, if\nnecessary, quarantine 1,000\u2019s of people returning to the US from overseas to\nprevent the spread of the novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China,\nthe Department of Defense announced Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“On Feb. 1, Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper\napproved a request for assistance from the Department of Health and Human\nServices for housing support for 1,000 people who may need to be quarantined\nupon arrival from overseas travel due to the novel coronavirus,” a\nPentagon statement explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon will provide access to multiple facilities\ncapable of housing at least 250 people through Feb. 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The facilities selected are located at the 168th Regiment’s\nRegional Training Institute in Fort Carson, Colorado, Travis Air Force Base and\nMarine Corps Air Station Miramar in California, and Lackland Air Force Base in\nTexas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Defense is only providing housing support,\nand US military personnel will not come in direct contact with any quarantined\nindividuals, who will not have access to any areas on base other than the\nquarantine facilities. The Department of Health and Human Services will handle\ncare, transportation, and security issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, Jan. 31, the US government declared the novel coronavirus a public health emergency<\/a>.\nUS citizens who were in Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital city,\nwithin two weeks of their return to the US will be quarantined for 14 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelers returning from other locations in China will be\nscreened at ports of entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 200 people who were evacuated out of Wuhan and\narrived in the US Wednesday have been quarantined at March Air Reserve Base in California.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Feb. 1, the coronavirus had killed 259 people and\ninfected more than 12,000 people in China and in around two dozen other\ncountries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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